Tag Archives: History
Blog Tour: A Hundred Years to Arras by J. M. Cobley
On a painful, freezing Easter Monday in 1917, Private Robert Gooding Henson of the Somerset Light Infantry is launched into the Battle of Arras. Robert is twenty-three years old, a farmer’s boy from Somerset, who joins up against his father’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Historical Fiction, History, Soldiers, Wartime, WW1
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Blog Tour: It All Comes Back to You by Beth Duke
It’s 1947. War’s over, cherry-print dresses, parking above the city lights, swing dancing. Beautiful, seventeen-year-old Violet lives in a perfect world. Everybody loves her. In 2012, she’s still beautiful, charming, and surrounded by admirers. Veronica “Ronni” Johnson, licensed practical nurse … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoption, Deep South, Fostering, History, Timeslip, USA
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Blog Tour: The Forgotten Village by Lorna Cook
1943: The world is at war, and the villagers of Tyneham are being asked to make one more sacrifice: to give their homes over to the British army. But on the eve of their departure, a terrible act will cause three … Continue reading
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Tagged Dorset, History, Romance, Timeslip, Tyneham, WW2
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A Blog A Day – Wimborne Literary Festival, #WiLF2017
It hardly seems like a year ago that I posted about attending some of the events at #WiLF2016, but a year it has been and it’s now time to take a lovely look at some of the exciting stuff happening … Continue reading
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Tagged crime fiction, History, Literary Festival, Outdoors, Tony Robinson, Wimborne
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